WPTV profiled REG Architects, a West Palm Beach firm co-founded by Rick Gonzalez and his late father, Ricardo Gonzalez, as part of its Hispanic Heritage Month coverage. The two Cuban immigrants started the business in 1988 with two drafting tables and a small rented office.
Since then, the firm has worked on restoring the 1916 Palm Beach County Courthouse, which it helped uncover from the building constructed around it. Its portfolio also includes projects at Mar-a-Lago, Trump International Golf Club, the Sandhill Crane Golf Clubhouse in Palm Beach Gardens and Havana Restaurant in West Palm Beach.
The firm is currently renovating St. Ann Catholic Church and School in West Palm Beach, expanding the church campus and designing Spanish-influenced affordable housing for the West Palm Beach Housing Authority, according to the report.
Rick Gonzalez said his Cuban heritage shapes his designs, particularly his interest in the historic buildings of Havana. His son, Ricardo Gonzalez, joined the company nearly five years ago and now leads business development and marketing. He said the family wants to keep its history alive through its work and its stories.
